Book Excerpt: ...n the evening we arrived at the first stopping place, eight miles on our way up the river, where we both made ourselves at home, excited at the strangeness of the scene, surrounded by the thatched huts of the natives, who were having a dance on the square in the village. After we had been there an hour, we thought our men had their rest, and it was time to go on according to our contract, to be rowed night and day.In the meantime it seems the natives had taken some offense at Lieutenant M.'s familiarity, ...
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Book Excerpt: ...n the evening we arrived at the first stopping place, eight miles on our way up the river, where we both made ourselves at home, excited at the strangeness of the scene, surrounded by the thatched huts of the natives, who were having a dance on the square in the village. After we had been there an hour, we thought our men had their rest, and it was time to go on according to our contract, to be rowed night and day.In the meantime it seems the natives had taken some offense at Lieutenant M.'s familiarity, and they appeared with handles of long knives projecting back of their necks in a threatening manner. We likewise learned that that was the home of one of our men, and that he proposed to stay there all night in violation of the contract. So we had a consultation to decide what to do to get away. It was pitch dark; we laid our plan. Lieutenant M. beckoned one of the men away from the dance as if he wanted to give him something, and drew his pistol on him and marched him down to the boat, while I, with..
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Add this copy of Adventures of a Forty-Niner to cart. $7.76, very good condition, Sold by Book Bear rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brookfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Lewis Osborne.
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Near Fine. Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 107 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text free of markings. "This edition has been limited to 600 copies. This is nimber 266". NOTE: The dust jacket is just a cream colored jacket with no printing on it.
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Plates. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Book #12/600. Beautifully clean and tight textblock. Gilt decoration and lightly shelf soiled binding. 107pp.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 107 pp. Limited of 600 copies, this one #259. Hardcover, green cloth, tall 8vo., illustrated. Fine copy in Very Good, plain white paper dust jacket. Crisp, clean copy; bright and unmarked contents; bright gilt. DJ shows light soil and tanning; few shallow, closed tears. List of Osborne Editions, Autumn 1971, laid-in.
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